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ActsActsActsActsOne day Peter** and John** were

going up to the temple* at the time of prayer – at three in the

afternoon*.

John

Peter

X Marks the SpotOne day Peter and John went up to the ______ at three in the afternoon.

temple

ActsActsActsActsNow a man crippled from birth was

being carried to the temple*** gate called Beautiful, where he was put every day to beg from

those going into the temple courts.

ActsActsActsActsWhen he saw *Peter and John about to enter, he asked them

for money*.

X Marks the SpotA ________ man was being carried to the temple gate called Beautiful. He asked Peter and John for money.

crippled

ActsActsActsActsPeter looked straight at him, as

did John.

Then Peter said,

LOOK AT US!

X Marks the SpotPeter said, “____ at us!” So the man gave them his attention.

Look

ActsActsActsActs*So the man gave them his attention, expecting to get

something from them*.

ActsActsActsActsThen Peter said,

Silver* or gold* I do not have,

but what I have I give you. In the name of

Jesus Christ of Nazareth, walk.

X Marks the SpotThen Peter said, “Silver or gold I do not have, but what I have I give you. In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, ____.”

walk

ActsActsActsActs*Taking him by the right hand, he

helped him up, and instantly the man’s feet and ankles became

strong*.

ActsActsActsActs*He jumped to his feet and began to walk. Then he went with them into the temple courts, walking and jumping, and praising God*.

He was not PRAISING PETER OR JOHN BUT GOD!

X Marks the SpotPeter helped the man up. The man began walking, jumping, and ________ God.

praising

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When all the people saw him walking and

praising God, they recognized him as the same man who used to sit begging at the temple gate called Beautiful, and they

were filled with wonder and

amazement* at what had happened to him.

X Marks the SpotThe people recognized him as the man who begged at the temple ____. They were amazed when they saw this man walking.

gate

ActsActsActsActs*While the beggar held on to Peter

and John, all the people were astonished and came running* to

them in the place called Solomon’s Colonnade.

X Marks the SpotAll the people came _______ to see Peter, John, and the beggar.

running

ActsActsActsActs When Peter saw this, he said to them:

Men of Israel, why does this surprise you? Why do you

stare at us as if by our own power or

godliness we had made this

man walk?

X Marks the SpotPeter told the people that he and John hadn’t healed the beggar by their own _____ or godliness.

power

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The God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, the

God of our fathers, has glorified his

servant Jesus. You handed him over to be killed,

and you disowned him before Pilate, though he had decided to let

him go.

X Marks the SpotPeter said that God _________ His servant, Jesus, even though the people wanted Him killed.

glorified

ActsActsActsActs You disowned

the Holy and Righteous One* and

asked that a murderer be released to

you.

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You killed the author of life, but God raised him from

the dead*. We are

witnesses of this.

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By faith in the name of Jesus, this man whom you see and know was

made strong. It is Jesus’

name and the faith that

comes through him

that has given this complete healing to

him, as you can all see.

X Marks the SpotPeter told the people that the man had been healed by _____ in the name of Jesus.

faith

ActsActsActsActsThe priests* and the captain of the

temple guard and the Sadducees came up to Peter* and John*

while they were speaking to the people.

ActsActsActsActs*They were greatly disturbed

because the apostles were teaching the people and proclaiming in Jesus the

resurrection of the dead*.

X Marks the SpotThe priests, the captain of the temple guard, and the Sadducees came up to Peter and John while they were ________ the people.

teaching

They were upset because Peter and John were teaching about the ____________ of the dead.

resurrection

ActsActsActsActsThey seized Peter* and John*, and

because it was evening, they put them in jail* until the next day.

X Marks the SpotThey put Peter and John in ____ until the next day.

jail

ActsActsActsActs*But many who heard the message

believed, and the number of men grew to about five thousand**.

X Marks the SpotMany who heard Peter and John’s message ________, and their numbers grew to about five thousand.

believed

ActsActsActsActs*The next day the rulers, elders

and teachers of the law met in Jerusalem*.

X Marks the SpotThe next day the rulers, elders and teachers of the law met in _________.

Jerusalem

ActsActsActsActsAnnas the high priest was there,

and so were Caiaphas*, John, Alexander and the other men of

the high priest’s family.

ActsActsActsActsThey had Peter and John brought

before them and began to question them:

By what power

or what name

did you do this?

X Marks the SpotThey asked Peter and John, “By what _____ or what name did you do this?”

power

ActsActsActsActsThen Peter filled with the Holy

Spirit, said to them:

Rulers and elders of the people! If we are being

called to account today for an act of kindness shown to a cripple and are asked how

he has healed, then know this, you and all the people of Israel: It is by the name of Jesus Chris of Nazareth,

whom you crucified but whom God raised from the dead, that this man stands before you healed. He is

the stone you builders rejected which has become the capstone.* Salvation is

found in no one else, for there is no other name

under heaven given to men by which we must be

saved.*

X Marks the SpotPeter told them that, by the name of Jesus, who the people crucified and God raised from the dead, the crippled man was ______.

healed

Peter said, “He is the stone you builders rejected, which has become the ________.”

capstone

X Marks the Spot“_________ is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to men by which we must be _____.”

Salvation saved

ActsActsActsActsWhen they saw the courage of Peter*

and John* and realized that they were unschooled****, ordinary men, they were astonished and they took note that these men had been with

Jesus.

X Marks the SpotThe rulers and elders saw Peter and John’s _______ and were astonished. “They took note that these men had been with Jesus.”

courage

ActsActsActsActs*But since they could see the man

who had been healed standing there with them, there was nothing

they could say*.

ActsActsActsActsSo they ordered them to withdraw*

from the Sanhedrin and then conferred together.

X Marks the SpotThe Sanhedrin _______ John and Peter to leave.

ordered

ActsActsActsActs What are we going to do with

these men?

They asked.

Everybody living in Jerusalem knows they

have done an outstanding miracle, and we cannot deny it. But to stop this thing from spreading any further among the people, we must warn these men

to speak no longer to anyone in this name.

ActsActsActsActs*Then they called them in again and commanded them not to speak** or

teach at all in the name of Jesus.

X Marks the SpotThe elders decided to tell Peter and John not to _____ to anyone in the name of Jesus.

speak

ActsActsActsActsBut Peter* and John* replied*,

Judge for yourselves whether it is right in God’s

sight to obey you rather than God. For we cannot

help speaking* about what we have seen and heard.

X Marks the SpotBut Peter said that he and John had to ____ God. He said, “For we cannot help speaking about what we have seen and heard.”

obey

ActsActsActsActs After further threats they let them go.

They could not decide how to punish them,

because all the people were praising God for what had happened. For the man who was miraculously healed was over forty years

old.

X Marks the SpotThe Sanhedrin let Peter and John __.

go

They could not decide how to punish them because the people were all ________ God because of the miracle that had just happened.

praising